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Swissvale borough, Allegheny County, PA

8,588 Population
1.2 square miles 7,118.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allegheny County: 40.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,266 ±$4,021 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allegheny County: $45,939 ±$526
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$56,594 ±$6,168 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allegheny County: $72,537 ±$869
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

16% ±6.2% (1,375  ±528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Allegheny County: 11.1% 134,587 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

28.3 minutes ±2.7 (112,125  ±16,505) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 26.2 13,833,035 (±0.2 / ±155,644)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

4,393 ±354 Number of households
  • Allegheny County: 545,637 ±2,171
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2 ±0.2 (8,548  ±47) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allegheny County: 2.2 1,210,236 (±0 / ±264)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

3.7% ±3.6% (86  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Allegheny County: 4.8% 13,688 (±0.3% / ±822)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

4,929 ±401 Number of housing units
  • Allegheny County: 602,734 ±215
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$140,000 ±$6,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Allegheny County: $200,200 ±$1,776
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

18.4% ±5.2% (1,564  ±,443.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Allegheny County: 13.1% 160,830 (±0.4% / ±4,254.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

97.8% ±6.5% (6,284  ±591) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allegheny County: 95.2% 859,715 (±0.7% / ±6,446.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
40.7% ±4.7% (2,613  ±,347.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Allegheny County: 43.8% 395,708 (±0.5% / ±4,272.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6% ±2.8% (513  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Allegheny County: 6.2% 77,098
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

3.7% ±1.3% (261  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Allegheny County: 6.2% 63,133 (±0.2% / ±1,766)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
261 Total veterans ±90 239 Male ±89 22 Female ±25

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